Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

false pregnancy

See more synonyms for false pregnancy on Thesaurus.com
noun Pathology, Veterinary Pathology.
  1. physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
Show More

Origin of false pregnancy

First recorded in 1880–85
Also called pseudopregnancy.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
British Dictionary definitions for false pregnancy

false pregnancy

noun
  1. another name for phantom pregnancy
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
false pregnancy in Medicine

false pregnancy

n.
  1. A usually psychosomatic condition, occurring in both males and females, in which physical symptoms of pregnancy are manifested without conception.pseudocyesis pseudopregnancy
Show More
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.